2. Finding Locations on Earth: Latitude and Longitude
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3. Latitude & Longitude

4. Latitude – the distance north or south of the equator.
Latitude is measured in degrees
The Equator is 0 degrees
Latitudes are also called parallels and are labeled N or S.
There are 360 degrees in a circle
There are 90 degrees from the equator to the poles.

5. Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn
Tropic of Cancer: 23.5°N
Tropic of Capricorn: 23.5°S

6. Arctic and Antarctic Circles
68.5O N
Antarctic Circle
66.5O S
60° N and S of equator

8. Longitude – determine an object’s east or west location.
Meridians are semicircles drawn from pole to pole.
The Prime Meridian is located in Greenwich England. 0o
Distances are measured in degrees from the Prime Meridian.
Halfway around the world is 180o east or west.

11. Cambodia
Ethiopia
Namibia
Vietnam
France